masque
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The actual transformation occurs in Jonson’s subsequent masque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
The masque, performed by gentle spirits, enchants the betrothed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
Almost entirely, the ceremonial formality of the coronation resembled an elaborate masque, in which each gorgeously costumed participant played his or her part in creating collective meaning.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
The spirit trumpet is one of a number of arcane and intriguing objects in Linder’s exhibition, which is titled The House of Fame, in tribute to a Ben Jonson masque and Chaucer’s dream poem.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2018
On the last night of Yule week there was a royal masque held at the palace, where Prince Aidan would himself be attending.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Its Baroque references connect medieval France to the glittery splendor of 17th-century allegorical court masques.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
The sort of masques that influenced “The Tempest” were designed to show royal authority bringing order out of chaos.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2016
This was a 21st-century equivalent of those court masques loved and indulged in by Tudor monarchs.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2012
“As You Like It” and “The Tempest” contain festive masques with dancing.
From Washington Post
During the whole of one session of congress senators and representatives serving in Washington in the years just after the civil war occupied themselves in stripping the masques off the southern night-riders.
From Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. by Cook, Ezra Asher
